In a report released today, Betsy Graseck from Morgan Stanley maintained a Sell rating on Northern (NTRS), with a price target of $73.00. The company’s shares closed last Wednesday at $76.86.
According to TipRanks.com, Graseck is a 4-star analyst with an average return of 2.5% and a 52.7% success rate. Graseck covers the Financial sector, focusing on stocks such as Discover Financial Services, Santander Consumer USA, and Capital One Financial.
Currently, the analyst consensus on Northern is a Hold with an average price target of $87.23.
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Based on Northern’s latest earnings release for the quarter ending December 31, the company reported a quarterly revenue of $1.34 billion and net profit of $371 million. In comparison, last year the company earned revenue of $1.31 billion and had a net profit of $410 million.
Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 134 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is negative on the stock. This means that over the past quarter there has been an increase of insiders selling their shares of NTRS in relation to earlier this year. Most recently, in February 2020, Peter Cherecwich, the President of NTRS sold 32,403 shares for a total of $3,343,666.
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Northern Trust Corp. is a financial holding company, which engages in the provision of asset servicing, fund administration, asset management, fiduciary, and banking solutions for corporations, institutions, families, and individuals. It operates through the following segments: Corporate & Institutional Services and Wealth Management. The Corporate & Institutional Services Segment offers asset servicing, brokerage, banking and related services to corporate and public retirement funds, foundations, endowments, fund managers, insurance companies, and sovereign wealth funds. The Wealth Management Segment includes trust, investment management, custody, and philanthropic services, financial consulting; guardianship and estate administration, family business consulting; family financial education, brokerage services and private and business banking. Northern Trust was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.
